What happened to Photon-M4 Satellite?

Necessity is the mother of invention…so goes a proverb. Russians’ curiosity of knowing whether sexual intercourse is possible in space has become the basis for the launch of a satellite Photon-M4. This was launched into the space on July 19.

The satellite comprised of a male and female common house gecko, apart from a few house flies. This is one of the experiments being undertaken by the Russian Institute of Medicobiological Problems. Astoundingly, the satellite went vanishing in the space. The satellite’s total proposed life is just four months and if that really goes missing permanently, the very purpose of launching the satellite gets defeated.